Terraces - Château Pesquié - Ventoux 2018 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48
Derived from the Latin "Terras", "clod of earth", this word took on the meaning of "raised earth" forming a platform maintained by a stone wall. 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48 The relief of Ventoux is characterized by the alternation of hills and valleys. 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48 To highlight this exceptional terroir, the slopes of the hills have been converted into "terraces". 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48 Even today, they are found in the Provençal countryside, also called "restanques" or "rebanqués". 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48 With this name, the Chaudière family pays homage to the Provençal landscape "sculpted" by their ancestors as well as to the terraces of the garden of Château Pesquié. 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48 The culture of the vine must have existed for more than two thousand years at Château Pesquié. 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48 The recent discovery in the heart of the Côtes du Ventoux appellation of a potter's workshop and wine pottery dating from Roman times (- 30 BC) confirms that our region is one of the oldest wine-growing areas in France. 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48 . 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48 Long after the introduction by the Romans, the Church would play a fundamental role in the development of the vineyard, particularly during the presence of the popes in Avignon in the 14th century. 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48 From centuries to centuries, the estate passed through the hands of many Lords, from the Counts of Mormoiron to the Marquis de Reilhanette, including the Lords of Maubec. 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48 The Château took on its current appearance around 1745, with the balanced style of a Provençal bastide. 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48 It was in 1970 that Odette and René Bastide bought the Château from a descendant of Alphonse Daudet, three years before the Ventoux denomination was recognized as an AOC. 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48 Thus begins a story of love, sweat, choice and future with this terroir. 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48 A story that continues today with Alexandre and Fréderic Chaudière, the third generation. 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48 A wine story! 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48